New Rom (Sprint): Data Always On draining battery??
Ever since the upgrade I've noticed that the arrows are always white. I can end data transmission via (dissconnect bubble or comm mgr) I was wondering if there was a way to disable this feature. It seems to be draining the battery.
The dormant connection shouldn't drain the battery. More likely that your battery drain is coming from something else. Do a search and you'll find the fixes for the common causes.
Is there anything I can do to make my connection dormant? I've hard reset and when I log online or if I pull my email a connection is made (arrows are solid white) but after they DO NOT go dormant (Grey). Is there something wrong with my phone or does everyone's phone keep a constant connection (solid white arrows). Like I said this is after a hard reset with only magic button installed. I know for a fact this the cause of my battery draining. Can anyone help?
If the arrow are always white you have something going on with a third party program. It isn't the fact that the connection is on, its the fact that something is using it.
My EVDO is on but grey while I sleep, and after 10 hours it'll still be 90%
Hello all...I'm new here...I've had the PPC6700 for about 9 months...love the phone...I just upgraded my ROM and re-installed all my same old programs.......and I'm having this 'always on' internet connection problem as well...I can disconnect it with the reg hack...but it then reconnects itself after a few minutes of being dormant...
Any ideas? I had these SAME programs on the old ROM...and when my EVDO would connect to check my POP account and update weatherpanel...it would complete and then disconnect....now ...it just stays connected indefinitely.
Below are my currently installed programs and reg hacks...
There is no reason to disconnect it. Read what has been posted so far. It does not drain the battery. If does not stop incoming calls.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but it does drain the battery. I have also experienced the same issue. I have had to disconnect the auto polling of my email account just to ensure that the battery does not get depleted! On top of that this update really slows my device down when attempting to multitask. I haven't even installed the apps I ran with the previous ROM!!
I have read many posts about certain dialer skins causing this issue. I also seem to remember a post on the lakeridge software forum dealing with this... maybe Wisbar related? I would suggest getting rid of any installed dial skin first. I do not have this issue with the new Rom.
Last edited by austinbrady : 07-20-2006 at 11:44 AM.
If the device has an active data session, it will drain the battery.
One easy way to check if the device is in "active data session" mode is to place a call to the device. If it goes directly to voicemail, the device has an active data session. If the device rings, the data connection is dormant, and is not drawing power. (This of course assumes you have not implemented the hack to allow inbound phone calls to interrupt an active EVDO data session.)
If the data session is always active, you will only get ~3.5 hours of battery life from a full charge. It also means there is something on the device that is constantly uploading/downloading data.
I have read many posts about certain dialer skins causing this issue. I also seem to remember a post on the lakeridge software forum dealing with this... maybe Wisbar related? I would suggest getting rid of any installed dial skin first. I do not have this issue with the new Rom.
That's if you have any dialer skins...I have none!
Sorry to bust your bubble, but it does drain the battery.
Sorry to bust your's, but it doesn't. As I said, unless it is ACTIVE it does not drain the battery. I just went over 12 hours with my EVDO connection active, downloading a few emails occasionally with push email, and my OEM battery is still 90%.
Sorry to bust your's, but it doesn't. As I said, unless it is ACTIVE it does not drain the battery. I just went over 12 hours with my EVDO connection active, downloading a few emails occasionally with push email, and my OEM battery is still 90%.
I'm not going to argue with you when enough of us are experiencing this issue. It drains the battery...plain and simple. No need for you to get defensive about it. Move on...
I'm not going to argue with you when enough of us are experiencing this issue. It drains the battery...plain and simple. No need for you to get defensive about it. Move on...
Esperiencing the issue has nothing to do with the cause. If you are experiencing low battery life it is not due to the data session being connected.
Esperiencing the issue has nothing to do with the cause. If you are experiencing low battery life it is not due to the data session being connected.
I believe the word is "experiencing" and you're incorrect again! During which phase of it (data session) being active that is causing the battery to drain is another question, but the fact remains that the drain is related to some portion of the data session. I happy that you aren't EXPERIENCING any issues..but some of us are.
ok...but if the connection is dormant and NOT active (sending recieving data/ white arrows) there should be no drain because there is nothing "happening" with the device more than standby- thats the whole point of it going dormant or it would be only an option to be active or off. I think you should stop being rude to people and saying move on, 1. because all of these people having this problem, i see you and one other in this thread and 2. since thats the way the phone SHOULD work, and if yours is draining you should mabye try figuring out ow its draining then- ie. a battery load program and show the load staying above standby normal (http://ppc6700users.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1239)- then someone can maybe help fix the problem if there is one.
Ive taken the liberty to run the tests on my phone since no one has made a move to test/solve anything here. As you can see in the screenshot I ran the load test on my 6700. The lighter red line is the line were interested in, or mA(battery) usage. The first tiny rounded portion was opening IE explorer, the frist large spike was the omepage loading, then the graph falls when i close IE explorer to the flat line or a dormant connection, the second spike (the one that intersects the dark red line about halfway on the graph)is when i brought up the bubble to disconect from vision, and then the last portion is the last flatline in standyby with no net connection. As you can see CLEARLY in the data, the dormant vs. standby with no vision connection levels are almost EXACTLY the same so there is minimal if no drain proven with the phone in dormant. So obviously it must be some program you have using an active vision connection and draining the battery. Those are the facts proven in data so thats that, disagreement is fine but dont be rude to other forum members without anything supporting your side. If you have a problem state what it is and what programs you have installed/polling vision instead of shooting people down like you think theyre dumb and your god.
I believe the word is "experiencing" and you're incorrect again! During which phase of it (data session) being active that is causing the battery to drain is another question, but the fact remains that the drain is related to some portion of the data session. I happy that you aren't EXPERIENCING any issues..but some of us are.
Sad you gotta resort to a typo to make yourself feel better. Dumbass troll.
As for your argument.. well as the above poster said. You're wrong.
Something else is causing your problem. What? I could care less, now.
ok...but if the connection is dormant and NOT active (sending recieving data/ white arrows) there should be no drain because there is nothing "happening" with the device more than standby- thats the whole point of it going dormant or it would be only an option to be active or off. I think you should stop being rude to people and saying move on, 1. because all of these people having this problem, i see you and one other in this thread and 2. since thats the way the phone SHOULD work, and if yours is draining you should mabye try figuring out ow its draining then- ie. a battery load program and show the load staying above standby normal (http://ppc6700users.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1239)- then someone can maybe help fix the problem if there is one.
1) The person that my posts have been directed at claims to NOT be having the issue...next time get the facts correct. So yes if he/she can't offer any help other than attempting to state that it's not the session because it's not happening on his/her device...then yes they need to move on...that's the plain truth of it!!! I was trying, as some others, to get help not be constantly told that it's not the issue when I can see that it is. The phone had a virgin install of the new ROM.
2) On this unit, on my device, on my phone we know it was something with THE data session. We know that it shouldn't be happening, but it was nonetheless.
3) The phone was replaced by support because of the issue. We took it into a service center and they in fact agreed that something with the data session was causing the drain.
Understand that just because it doesn't happen to you doesn't mean it's not happening. How many times have we all heard how a product or in this case an update should work and it doesn't....EXACTLY!!!!
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